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Minimum wage: accommodation offset

The daily amount of living accommodation an employer may count towards National Minimum Wage pay.

£11.10per day

Corroborated (secondary) Statutory Instrument United Kingdom in force since 2026-04-01

Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-09-21·guidance verified 2026-09-21

Current sources

Source A · Legislationhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/357/regulation/2/made (NMW Regs 2015 reg.16(1))

retrieved 2026-07-08

Source B · Official guidancegov.uk/national-minimum-wage-accommodation (not surfaced in fetch of gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates); secondary corroboration: personneltoday.com, bishopfleming.co.uk

retrieved 2026-07-29

History

Value	From	To	Status	Sources
£11.10	2026-04-01	—	Corroborated (secondary)	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/357/regulation/2/made (NMW Regs 2015 reg.16(1)) retrieved 2026-07-08 Official guidance: gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-accommodation (not surfaced in fetch of gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates); secondary corroboration: personneltoday.com, bishopfleming.co.uk retrieved 2026-07-29
£10.66	2025-04-01	2026-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2025/401; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£9.99	2024-04-01	2025-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2024/432; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£9.10	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2023/354; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£8.70	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2022/382; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£8.36	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2021/329; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£8.20	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2020/338; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£7.55	2019-04-01	2020-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2019/603; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£7.00	2018-04-01	2019-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2018/455; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£6.40	2017-04-01	2018-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2017/465; provenance: as-made CLML read (A) + gov.uk historical table (B) retrieved 2026-07-08
£6.00	2016-10-01	2017-03-31	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2016/953 — single_source_A; provenance: as-made CLML read (A); gov.uk historical tables do not extend this far back — A-only retrieved 2026-07-08
£5.35	2016-04-01	2016-09-30	Primary source only	Legislation: NMW (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2016/953 — carried-over 2015 rate; confirmed only via SI 2016/953 explanatory text — single_source_A; provenance: as-made CLML read (A); gov.uk historical tables do not extend this far back — A-only retrieved 2026-07-08

Receipt

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Name in the API: Accommodation offset (living accommodation)
Record fields (source type · unit · jurisdiction · status): si·GBP/day·UK·corroborated-secondary-B
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Machine-readable record: /v1/figures/employment.nmw.accommodation_offset · current only: /v1/figures/employment.nmw.accommodation_offset/current